The 2019 Elections:

Initial analysis – final unofficial results

Dr. Ofer Kenig Election Results The Party Map following the 2019 elections

Yisrael Beitenu 5

Hadash- Ta’al 6

Blue and Union Labor of 4 6 White Right Ra’am 35 5 -Balad 35 4

Kulanu 4 8 UTJ 8 Changing Parties, Stable Blocs

Arabs Labor Likud Yisrael Beitenu Shas

2009 3 4 4 3 13 28 27 15 5 11 3 4

Jewish Meretz Yesh UTJ Home

2013 3 4 4 6 15 6 2 19 31 7 11 12

Zionist Union

2015 13 5 24 11 10 30 6 6 7 8

Union Blue and White of Right

2019 4 6 4 6 35 4 35 5 8 8 5 Fragmented : The Effective Number of Parties 10 8.69 9 7.84 8 7.29 6.94 7 6 6.77 6 5.61 5.35 6.17 4.71 5 4.37 4.39 5.24 4 3.35 3 3.13 2

The effective number of parties is an index that reflects the fragmentation level in parliament. It takes into account not only the number of parties but also their proportional size. Parliamentary Fragmentation

Effective Number of Parties in the Last Elections

8.1 7.8

5.6 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.9 5 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 Voter Turnout and the Threshold Effect Voter Turnout in 90

85

80 78.7 72.3 75

70 67.8 67.8 68.5 65 64.8 60 63.5

55

50 How many lists have “made it”?

29 16 19 21 20 21 11 12 14 12 9 15 15 9 2 6 4 3 11 9 3

15 13 13 13 15 15 15 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 10 11

got in stayed out Threshold and Wasted Votes

Election Number of lists Electoral Number of Share of Year that competed Threshold wasted wasted votes *votes 1984 26 1% 58,978 2.8% 1988 27 1% 55,505 2.4% 1992 25 1.5% 130,989 5.0% 1996 20 1.5% 78,550 2.6% 1999 31 1.5% 197,093 6.0% 2003 27 1.5% 131,740 4.2% 2006 31 2% 182,688 5.8% 2009 33 2% 103,904 3.1% 2013 32 2% 268,795 7.1% 2015 25 3.25% 189,517 4.5% 2019 40 3.25% 366,016 8.5%

* Wasted votes are the votes that were casted in favor of lists that did not pass the threshold. Composition of the New Knesset New MKs

Blue & White 24 Union of Right and Ra’am- Likud Balad 11 3 each New 49 MKs

Labor, UTJ Shas and and Yisrael -Ta’al Beitenu 2 1 each each

Former MKs who did not serve in the last Knesset were not considered as new. ”Incumbent, Newcomers and “Comebackers

35 30 11 25 24 20 15 10 1 2 1 5 2 2 3 3 0

incumbents comebackers new Turnover of MKs

120

31 100 36 39 38 37 37 38 39 48 49 8 80 6 4 1 3 3 2 5 3 2 60

40 78 77 81 80 80 80 81 76 69 69

20

0 1988 1992 1996 1999 2003 2006 2009 2013 2015 2019 incumbents comebackers new Women MKs – stability

30 29 29 27 25 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 5

0

* Figures show number of women elected to each Knesset following general elections. They don’t include changes occurring during parliamentary term. In the last Knesset, due to resignations, number of women MKs reached a high of 35. Gender breakdown by parliamentary group

35 30 10 10 25 20 15

10 0 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 0

men women Origin

Continent of birth Israel vs. Abroad (excluding Israel-born)

3 22 10 8 1 98

Africa America Europe Asia Israeli-born born abroad Non-Jew MKs

2013 2015 2019 Ra’am-Ta’al 4 - - Hadash 3 - - Balad 3 - - - 13 - Hadash-Ta’al - - 5 Ra’am-Balad - - 4 - 1 - Likud Beitenu 1 - - Likud - 1 1 Yisrael Beitenu - 1 - Meretz 1 1 1 Blue and White - - 1 total 12 17 12